Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Command Injection Vulnerability
Description
A vulnerability in the web portal of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the web portal framework. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing malicious input during web portal authentication. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.
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Cisco NFVIS web portal command injection allows unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Vulnerability
The vulnerability resides in the web portal of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) due to insufficient input validation by the web portal framework. This affects NFVIS releases 3.6.2 through 3.8.1. [1]
Exploitation
An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by providing malicious input during web portal authentication. [1]
Impact
Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system. [1]
Mitigation
There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. Cisco has released software updates; customers should consult the Cisco Security Advisory for fixed release information. [1]
AI Insight generated on May 25, 2026. Synthesized from this CVE's description and the cited reference URLs; citations are validated against the source bundle.
Affected products
2- Cisco/Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Softwarev5Range: unspecified
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
1- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190807-nfv-commandinjmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
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